William Newton Murphy, 61, a deputy city sergeant of Norfolk for two and a half years, died Sunday at 2:30 a.m. at his home, 2409 Lafayette Avenue, after a lingering illness.
The son of John J. and Mrs. Lula Lane Murphy, who survive him, he was a native of Princess Anne County and had lived in Norfolk 45 years. He was a member of the Charity Methodist Church in Princess Anne County.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Virginia Murphy; a son, Sherman Lee Murphy, of Norfolk; seven sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Moore and Mrs. Frances Brickhouse, of Norfolk, Mrs. Rose Romeo and Mrs. Elsie Atwood, of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Mary Garrett, Mrs. Emma(Edna) Whitehurst and Mrs. Norma Styron, of Princess Anne County; two brothers, Welton Murphy, of Princess Anne County and Vernon B. Murphy, of Laurel Springs, N.J. and a grandson, Vernon Lee Murphy of Norfolk.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk, by the Rev. R.I. Williams, of the Fairmount Park Methodist Church. Burial will be in Riverview(Riverside) Cemetery.
Norfolk Virginian Pilot Tuesday December 1, 1953
William Newton Murphy, 61, a deputy city sergeant of Norfolk for two and a half years, died Sunday at 2:30 a.m. at his home, 2409 Lafayette Avenue, after a lingering illness.
The son of John J. and Mrs. Lula Lane Murphy, who survive him, he was a native of Princess Anne County and had lived in Norfolk 45 years. He was a member of the Charity Methodist Church in Princess Anne County.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Virginia Murphy; a son, Sherman Lee Murphy, of Norfolk; seven sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Moore and Mrs. Frances Brickhouse, of Norfolk, Mrs. Rose Romeo and Mrs. Elsie Atwood, of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Mary Garrett, Mrs. Emma(Edna) Whitehurst and Mrs. Norma Styron, of Princess Anne County; two brothers, Welton Murphy, of Princess Anne County and Vernon B. Murphy, of Laurel Springs, N.J. and a grandson, Vernon Lee Murphy of Norfolk.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk, by the Rev. R.I. Williams, of the Fairmount Park Methodist Church. Burial will be in Riverview(Riverside) Cemetery.
Norfolk Virginian Pilot Tuesday December 1, 1953
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Lettie Elizabeth Murphy Harp
1891–1952
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Rose Murphy Romeo
1895–1970
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Norma Frances Murphy Styron
1897–1989
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Mary Early Murphy Garrett
1899–1989
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Gertrude Virginia Murphy Moore
1901–1989
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Amy Frances Murphy Brickhouse
1903–1966
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Welton Edward "Turk" Murphy
1906–1971
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Edna Mae Murphy Whitehurst
1909–2004
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Vernon Bradford Murphy
1911–1984
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